Preliminary Round
May 21st - June 1st, 2021
16 Nations, 2 Groups, the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Nations from each Group will qualify for the Quarterfinals
Group A
- Belarus
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Great Britain
- ROC
- Slovakia
- Sweden
- Switzerland
Group B
- Canada
- Finland
- Germany
- Italy
- Kazakhstan
- Latvia
- Norway
- United States
Group A
Eastern European Summer Time (GMT +3)
ROC 4 - 3 Czech Republic
Period-by-Period: 1-1, 1-1, 2-1
May 21st 2021, h. 16:15, Olympic Sports Centre, Riga
Belarus 2 - 5 Slovakia
Period-by-Period: 0-3, 0-0, 2-2
May 21st 2021, h. 20:15, Olympic Sports Centre, Riga
Denmark 4 - 3 Sweden
Period-by-Period: 0-0, 3-2, 1-1
May 22nd 2021, h. 12:15, Olympic Sports Centre, Riga
Great Britain 1 - 7 ROC
Period-by-Period: 1-4, 0-1, 0-2
May 22nd 2021, h. 16:15, Olympic Sports Centre, Riga
Czech Republic 2 - 5 Switzerland
Period-by-Period: 1-1, 0-2, 1-2
May 22nd 2021, h. 20:15, Olympic Sports Centre, Riga
Great Britain 1 - 2 Slovakia
Period-by-Period: 0-1, 1-1, 0-0
May 23rd 2021, h. 12:15, Olympic Sports Centre, Riga
Sweden 0 - 1 Belarus
Period-by-Period: 0-0, 0-0, 0-1
May 23rd 2021, h. 16:15, Olympic Sports Centre, Riga
Denmark 0 - 1 Switzerland
Period-by-Period: 0-1, 0-0, 0-0
May 23rd 2021, h. 20:15, Olympic Sports Centre, Riga
Slovakia 3 - 1 ROC
Period-by-Period: 0-0, 1-1, 2-0
May 24th 2021, h. 16:15, Olympic Sports Centre, Riga
Czech Republic OT3 - 2 Belarus
Period-by-Period: 0-0, 2-1, 0-1, Overtime: 1-0
May 24th 2021, h. 20:15, Olympic Sports Centre, Riga
Great Britain 2 - 3OT Denmark
Period-by-Period: 1-2, 0-0, 1-0, Overtime: 0-1
May 25th 2021, h. 16:15, Olympic Sports Centre, Riga
Switzerland 0 - 7 Sweden
Period-by-Period: 0-2, 0-2, 0-3
May 25th 2021, h. 20:15, Olympic Sports Centre, Riga
ROC 3 - 0 Denmark
Period-by-Period: 0-0, 1-0, 2-0
May 26th 2021, h. 16:15, Olympic Sports Centre, Riga
Belarus 3 - 4 Great Britain
Period-by-Period: 0-1, 1-2, 2-1
May 26th 2021, h. 20:15, Olympic Sports Centre, Riga
Switzerland 8 - 1 Slovakia
Period-by-Period: 1-0, 3-0, 4-1
May 27th 2021, h. 16:15, Olympic Sports Centre, Riga
Sweden 2 - 4 Czech Republic
Period-by-Period: 2-0, 0-0, 0-4
May 27th 2021, h. 20:15, Olympic Sports Centre, Riga
Sweden 4 - 1 Great Britain
Period-by-Period: 1-1, 2-0, 1-0
May 28th 2021, h. 16:15, Olympic Sports Centre, Riga
Denmark 5 - 2 Belarus
Period-by-Period: 1-1, 0-1, 4-0
May 28th 2021, h. 20:15, Olympic Sports Centre, Riga
Czech Republic 6 - 1 Great Britain
Period-by-Period: 1-0, 3-1, 2-0
May 29th 2021, h. 12:15, Olympic Sports Centre, Riga
Switzerland 1 - 4 ROC
Period-by-Period: 0-0, 0-1, 1-3
May 29th 2021, h. 16:15, Olympic Sports Centre, Riga
Slovakia 2 - 0 Denmark
Period-by-Period: 0-0, 0-0, 2-0
May 29th 2021, h. 20:15, Olympic Sports Centre, Riga
Belarus 0 - 6 Switzerland
Period-by-Period: 0-2, 0-2, 0-2
May 30th 2021, h. 16:15, Olympic Sports Centre, Riga
Sweden 3 - 1 Slovakia
Period-by-Period: 0-1, 1-0, 2-0
May 30th 2021, h. 20:15, Olympic Sports Centre, Riga
Czech Republic PSO2 - 1 Denmark
Period-by-Period: 0-1, 0-0, 1-0, Overtime: 0-0, Penalty Shoot-Out: 1-0
May 31st 2021, h. 16:15, Olympic Sports Centre, Riga
ROC PSO3 - 2 Sweden
Period-by-Period: 0-1, 0-0, 2-1, Overtime: 0-0, Penalty Shoot-Out: 1-0
May 31st 2021, h. 20:15, Olympic Sports Centre, Riga
Switzerland 6 - 3 Great Britain
Period-by-Period: 2-1, 4-1, 0-1
June 1st 2021, h. 12:15, Olympic Sports Centre, Riga
Slovakia 3 - 7 Czech Republic
Period-by-Period: 0-2, 1-2, 2-3
June 1st 2021, h. 16:15, Olympic Sports Centre, Riga
ROC 6 - 0 Belarus
Period-by-Period: 5-0, 0-0, 1-0
June 1st 2021, h. 20:15, Olympic Sports Centre, Riga
Group A Final Standing
Nation | P | W(OTW) | L(OTL) | GF | GA | +/- | Pt. | ROC | 7 | 6(1) | 1(0) | 28
| 10 | +18 | 17 | Switzerland | 7 | 5(0) | 2(0) | 27 | 17 | +10 | 15 | Czech Republic
| 7 | 5(2) | 2(0) | 27 | 18 | +9 | 13 | Slovakia | 7 | 4(0) | 3(0) | 17 | 22 | -5 | 12 | Sweden | 7 | 3(0) | 4(1) | 21 | 14 | +7 | 10 | Denmark | 7 | 3(1) | 4(1) | 13 | 15 | -2 | 9 | Great Britain
| 7 | 1(0) | 6(1) | 13 | 31 | -18 | 4 | Belarus | 7 | 1(0) | 6(1) | 10 | 29 | -19 | 4 |
Group B
Eastern European Summer Time (GMT +3)
Germany 9 - 4 Italy
Period-by-Period: 2-2, 5-0, 2-2
May 21st 2021, h. 16:15, Arena Riga, Riga
Canada 0 - 2 Latvia
Period-by-Period: 0-1, 0-1, 0-0
May 21st 2021, h. 20:15, Arena Riga, Riga
Norway 1 - 5 Germany
Period-by-Period: 0-1, 1-3, 0-1
May 22nd 2021, h. 12:15, Arena Riga, Riga
Finland 2 - 1 United States
Period-by-Period: 0-0, 2-1, 0-0
May 22nd 2021, h. 16:15, Arena Riga, Riga
Latvia 2 - 3PSO Kazakhstan
Period-by-Period: 0-0, 1-1, 1-1, Overtime: 0-0, Penalty Shoot-Out: 0-1
May 22nd 2021, h. 20:15, Arena Riga, Riga
Norway 4 - 1 Italy
Period-by-Period: 1-0, 2-0, 1-1
May 23rd 2021, h. 12:15, Arena Riga, Riga
Kazakhstan PSO2 - 1 Finland
Period-by-Period: 0-0, 1-1, 0-0, Overtime: 0-0, Penalty Shoot-Out: 1-0
May 23rd 2021, h. 16:15, Arena Riga, Riga
Canada 1 - 5 United States
Period-by-Period: 0-1, 0-3, 1-1
May 23rd 2021, h. 20:15, Arena Riga, Riga
Latvia 3 - 0 Italy
Period-by-Period: 0-0, 1-0, 2-0
May 24th 2021, h. 16:15, Arena Riga, Riga
Germany 3 - 1 Canada
Period-by-Period: 2-1, 0-0, 1-0
May 24th 2021, h. 20:15, Arena Riga, Riga
United States 3 - 0 Kazakhstan
Period-by-Period: 1-0, 1-0, 1-0
May 25th 2021, h. 16:15, Arena Riga, Riga
Finland 5 - 2 Norway
Period-by-Period: 1-1, 2-0, 2-1
May 25th 2021, h. 20:15, Arena Riga, Riga
Kazakhstan 3 - 2 Germany
Period-by-Period: 0-0, 1-2, 2-0
May 26th 2021, h. 16:15, Arena Riga, Riga
Canada 4 - 2 Norway
Period-by-Period: 2-0, 1-2, 1-0
May 26th 2021, h. 20:15, Arena Riga, Riga
United States 4 - 2 Latvia
Period-by-Period: 2-2, 2-0, 0-0
May 27th 2021, h. 16:15, Arena Riga, Riga
Finland 3 - 0 Italy
Period-by-Period: 2-0, 1-0, 0-0
May 27th 2021, h. 20:15, Arena Riga, Riga
Kazakhstan 2 - 4 Canada
Period-by-Period: 0-1, 1-1, 1-2
May 28th 2021, h. 16:15, Arena Riga, Riga
Latvia 3 - 4PSO Norway
Period-by-Period: 2-1, 0-1, 1-1, Overtime: 0-0, Penalty Shoot-Out: 0-1
May 28th 2021, h. 20:15, Arena Riga, Riga
Italy 3 - 11 Kazakhstan
Period-by-Period: 0-1, 1-2, 2-8
May 29th 2021, h. 12:15, Arena Riga, Riga
Norway 1 - 2 United States
Period-by-Period: 0-1, 0-1, 1-0
May 29th 2021, h. 16:15, Arena Riga, Riga
Germany 1 - 2 Finland
Period-by-Period: 0-1, 1-0, 0-1
May 29th 2021, h. 20:15, Arena Riga, Riga
Italy 1 - 7 Canada
Period-by-Period: 0-4, 1-2, 0-1
May 30th 2021, h. 16:15, Arena Riga, Riga
Finland OT3 - 2 Latvia
Period-by-Period: 1-1, 1-0, 0-1, Overtime: 1-0
May 30th 2021, h. 20:15, Arena Riga, Riga
United States 2 - 0 Germany
Period-by-Period: 0-0, 1-0, 1-0
May 31st 2021, h. 16:15, Arena Riga, Riga
Norway 3 - 1 Kazakhstan
Period-by-Period: 0-1, 1-0, 2-0
May 31st 2021, h. 20:15, Arena Riga, Riga
Canada 2 - 3PSO Finland
Period-by-Period: 1-0, 1-1, 0-1, Overtime: 0-0, Penalty Shoot-Out: 0-1
June 1st 2021, h. 12:15, Arena Riga, Riga
Italy 2 - 4 United States
Period-by-Period: 0-3, 1-1, 1-0
June 1st 2021, h. 16:15, Arena Riga, Riga
Germany 2 - 1 Latvia
Period-by-Period: 2-0, 0-1, 0-0
June 1st 2021, h. 20:15, Arena Riga, Riga
Group B Final Standing
Nation | P | W(OTW) | L(OTL) | GF | GA | +/- | Pt. | United States
| 7 | 6(0) | 1(0) | 21 | 8 | +13 | 18 | Finland
| 7 | 6(2) | 1(1) | 19 | 10 | +9 | 17 | Germany | 7 | 4(0) | 3(0) | 22 | 14 | +8 | 12 | Canada | 7 | 3(0) | 4(1) | 19 | 18 | +1 | 10 | Kazakhstan | 7 | 4(2) | 3(0) | 22 | 18 | +4 | 10 | Latvia | 7 | 2(0) | 5(3) | 15 | 16 | -1 | 9 | Norway | 7 | 3(1) | 4(0) | 17 | 21 | -4 | 8 | Italy
| 7 | 0(0) | 7(0) | 11 | 41 | -30 | 0 |
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